Sad Face.

So last night Chrissy told me she wants to go home to her mom. It makes me sad, I was very ecxited to have them staying with me, but I am not going to beg her to stay if she does not want to. Claire on the other hand is perfectly happy. She LOVES her new school, adores her teacher and has already made friends. She also loves going to our church and has made a best friend there... Jamie. (not me, a 7yr old Jamie-I call her little Jamie) and a playdate is in the works...... BUT the problem is, I think Lisa wants to take her if she is going to take Chrissy. Claire is going to be DEVASTATED if she has to leave. and I know this because I had a very long talk with both girls trying to figure out what they wanted to do. I made sure to talk to them about being apart. Both girls were perfectly fine with it, which I do admit surprised me. I think Claire just really does not want to have to switch schools again this year, which is completely understandable. This is the second school this semester already. :( I feel bad, I want her to stay, I completely understand why she wants to stay.. I WAS that little girl that was constantly having to switch schools way back when, and trust me, middle of the year is the worst time to do it. She is already in 3rd grade the older you get the harder it is. Maybe I will talk to Lisa again, the more I write the more I remember what it was like to switch in the middle of the year, its hard. And Claire does not have a very good self-esteem, which does NOT help at all. I want to help her this year.... maybe Lisa will let me :) I will have to pray about the situation, would everyone please pray for me as well?

Two New Additions....

My nieces, Claire and Chrissy, have come to live with me! I have been their gaurdian now officially for 5 days. I am enjoying every minute of it. We have already discussed their bedroom and are impatiently patiently waiting for everything to come together. ;) I am having so much fun helping them with their homework too, they are incredibly smart little girls. As of Wed Chrissy was a little behind the other kids, by today I had her going through her 35 flashcards in just seconds!! Claire is a little behind in her multiplication, and so far throughout the weekend she has almost memorized - 0x, 1x, 2x, 3x, & 10x. (Chrissy sits and watches us and actually has memorized 0x, 1x, and 2x HAHA!)


I am also have a ton of fun dressing them up... here they are this morning before Church.. I LOVE these outfits.. and yes Chrissys is a little short.. but what can I say she is super tall for being only 6!

Halloween 2010

So before I get too far behind on my personal blog.... I wanted to fill in the details from my Halloween extravaganza! We had the church Fall Festival on Saturday, then trick or treating in M&B's neighborhood Saturday night, and trunk or treating at TWO church's on Sunday night!!! :)

Kailynn was a hoot while trick or treating, saying hello instead of trick or treat.. and sometimes just thank you. Whenever a house had a dog, she would pay more attention to the dogs, She even tried to open one persons door, and asked another if she could come in!

Pretty Flowers

Who knew I could photograph flowers? I am always so focused on faces that I sometimes forget that there is a whole world full of beautiful things around me, so I decided to take a closer look at what would normally be just a blurry background...

Happiest Baby

EVER!

It's Fall in Florida!

Get ready for a post of cuteness overload featuring two of my precious blue-eyed nieces! I was so excited that Kai actually seemed to enjoy having her pictures taken, I am thinking the pumpkins distracted her, or maybe she has come to realize Auntie's camera really isn't all that bad ;P But anywho, there are a TON of her. Its alright to show off every now and then right? I am so blessed to have as many gorgeous nieces as I have, and even more blessed that I get to see these two pretty often!

Last Minute Trip

At 3am Saturday morning, I got a text from my mom asking if I wanted to take a trip with them up to Jacksonville to visit with my brothers family, and well of course I said yes! I of course used the opportunity to take some pictures of all my nieces. They had a really cool backyard, it was perfect for pictures. The house had gorgeous hardwood floors for these first pictures... The first one I couldn't decide if I liked it in color or black and white better..

With her Mommy...

Beautiful little Claire..she wanted to come back with us... haha.

Silly silly Keli... I absolutely love these three.. so her.

And last but definitely not least, Prissy Chrissy. She recently turned 6 and I didn't get to do a session with her so I took more of her. She is incredibly sweet. I love her little personality, she always just goes along with the flow. My sister in law said, that she recently said she misses the times when we would have holiday dinners together and stuff... I do to. I miss having all my family close by :(

AND... while I was there, this kitty was hanging out around the front of their house. Apparantly it is a stray but the kids love it, and it loves the kids! Very photogenic kitty...